A William S. Burroughs top ten from Jed B. with his comments

comment: So you have read Naked Lunch and Junkie and maybe even paged though the Nova Trilogy of Soft Machine, The Ticket That Exploded and Nova Express, you think you know William Burroughs. Well that is only the tip of …{read more}

Beat Scene #66 & William Burroughs…

A new issue of the long-running Beat Generation devoted magazine BEAT SCENE has recently been issued. Number 66 features Gregory Corso on the front cover, and includes 64 full sized pages of interviews, articles, photos, reviews etc.

Plus, No 33 …{read more}

The Beat Hotel by Barry Miles

With the July 2000 Grove Press release of The Beat Hotel, author (Barry) Miles revisits 9 rue Git-le-Coeur, an historic set of decaying digs amid a rat infested slum on the Left Bank of Paris, “a decrepit rooming house with …{read more}

In Memory of Poet Alan Ansen: Biography, Books & Links

Alan Ansen passed away in Athens, Grece on November 12, 2006. A poet, playwright, and author, he was associated with both the Beat Generation & New York poets. Ansen served as secretary to W.H. Auden for a number of years. …{read more}

Review – Who was Sinclair Beiles?

Who was Sinclair Beiles? / Gary Cummiskey & Eva Kowalska, editors / Dye Hard Press / 2009 / 978-0-620-42792-0

Before I opened Dye Hard Press‘ new volume, its title, Who was Sinclair Beiles? was a question I certainly didn’t know …{read more}